Taking berberine pills twice a day for 3 months can lower your blood sugar almost as well as the diabetes drug metformin — both help bring down your fasting and after-meal sugar levels.

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Comparative study of efficacy and safety of berberine hydrochloride versus metformin in newly diagnosed prediabetic patients: a randomized clinical trial

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The study gave people with prediabetes berberine pills twice a day for 12 weeks and found it lowered their blood sugar just as well as metformin, and the numbers matched exactly what the claim said.

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Comparative study of efficacy and safety of berberine hydrochloride versus metformin in newly diagnosed prediabetic patients: a randomized clinical trial

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DOI: 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20252563

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